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Maybe replacing the steering column, a 6lb steel shaft, with drive by wire at a cost 10lbs of rare earth magnets, 50lbs of copper, 10 computer chips, many pos
by zelon88 3y ago
Maybe replacing the steering column, a 6lb steel shaft, with drive by wire at a cost 10lbs of rare earth magnets,
50lbs of copper, 10 computer chips, many position sensors, and 150k lines of code was a bad idea.
- millzlane 3y agoEven with a broken wheel I was able to steer to a safe side of the road. It's scary to think of how the Tesla or any electric car with drive by wire would react in that scenario.
- jerlam 3y agoI think the only vehicle with steer-by-wire is the Cybertruck. This is plain old bad engineering.
- bradyd 3y agoInfiniti has been doing steer-by-wire for over a decade.
- borkyborkbork 3y agoWith a steering column backup. Cybertruck is the first without the column to spear you in an accident.
- thebruce87m 3y agoAny car. Doesn’t have to be electric.
- homeless_engi 3y agoThe vehicles affected were not drive by wire. It sounds like you are referring to a system in the Cybertrunk, but this article is discussing Model 3 and Model Y which do not have a physical steering column.
- FireBeyond 3y agoHe means "maybe there was more to the simplicity of the steering column" i.e maybe Tesla shouldn't have been so hasty to remove.